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Letter from the Editor This is the issue where we feature our Lucia’s from 2010, and there are lots of them. Many of the Lucia articles come with a short bio of these girls, and it is quite impressive to read about all their accomplishments despite their young age. From one celebration to the next, Easter and Walpurgis celebrations are not that far away. For those that do not know why we do and eat certain things during these holydays, there are a couple of articles where you can learn more about our customs in the Culture section. There you can also find wonderful articles about two very famous Swedes that have had a huge impact in the world of writing. I find it uplifting to read about so many enthusiastic and creative people in our lodges, working hard to come up with new fun ideas to make Vasa more interesting and “updated,” if you will. For example, one lodge organized a community Lucia Festival with over 300 visitors; others have game nights, cooking lessons, organize hiking clubs, book discussions on Swedish authors, and one lodge started a Swedish film group. Sounds like fun! On another positive note, there are lots of new members reported. The cover of this issue has a spring like theme. Since we have had a pretty rough winter, here in the US, as well as in Sweden, I thought the butterfly might give us a small reminder that spring is not that far away! Marie “Fjäril vingad syns på Haga………” (“The butterfly with its wings can be seen at Haga.....) - From Carl Michael Bellmans, Fredmans Epistlar Brev från Redaktören I den här upplagan presenterar vi 2010 års Lucior och de är rätt många. En del Lucia artiklar innehåller en kort biografi av dessa flickor och det är imponerande att läsa om allt som dom har hunnit med, trots deras unga ålder. Från ett firande till nästa, snart är det Påsk och Valborg. Många gånger vet vi inte varför vi gör och äter vissa saker under dessa högtider. Det finns några artiklar där du kan lära dig litet mer om våra seder och bruk under Culture. Där kan du också hitta underbara artiklar om två mycket berömda svenskar som har haft en enorm påverkan inom den litterära världen. Jag finner det inspirerande att läsa om så många entusiastiska och kreativa människor inom våra loger som arbetar hårt för att komma fram med nya roliga idéer att göra Vasa mer intressant och mer “uppdaterat.” Till exempel, en loge organiserade en kommunal Lucia festival med över 300 besökare, några anordnade spelkvällar, matlagningskurser, organiserade vandringar, bokträffar där man diskuterar svenska författare och en loge startade svenska filmkvällar. Låter kul! En annan positiv notering är att många nya medlemmar tillkommit. Omslaget av denna upplaga har ett vårtema. Eftersom vi haft en rätt tuff vinter, här i USA och även i Sverige, ger fjärilen oss en liten påminnelse om att det inte är så långt till våren. Marie “Fjäril vingad syns på Haga………” - Ur Carl Michael Bellmans, Fredmans Epistlar PAGE 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS Archives News...................................................5 Better Access to Microfilm Ever Living Julgran Donors GL NEWS .........................................................6 LUCIA 2010 .....................................................7 LODGE NEWS ..............................................16 SWEDISH NEWS...........................................20 YOUTH NEWS...............................................25 Barnklubben Elsa Rix #1 Nordikids Skansen Children’s Club Young Vasa FAMILY..........................................................27 Wedding Holmlund, Antonella WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS .............28 CULTURE.......................................................29 Gustaf Fröding (SWE and ENG) Selma Lagerlöf (SWE and ENG) Book Review and New Books The Journey Takers Hero of the Titanic Easter Walpurgis Night IN MEMORIAM ............................................32 PAGE 19 Page 4 Vasa Star January-March 2011
ARCHIVES NEWS New microfilm scanner used at the Vasa Archives. Last year we published in this column an equipment wish list for the Archives, comprising equipment and supplies needed for maintenance of and access to our collections. Generous donations have come from different individuals and lodges that enabled us to purchase several items on the list, including a small net book computer and a digital camera. One member even sent a role of Permalife bond paper, which we had mentioned would help to preserve charters long term. These responses were wonderful and humbling, given the tough economy. Vasa members really know how to step up to the plate when called upon. The big ticket item on the list, a new microfilm scanner, was also in the works since we heard at the District Lodge Lake Michigan No. 8 Annual meeting last spring that the district would donate funds for its purchase. We are happy to announce that, as of December 2010, a brand new Canon Microfilm Scanner II is installed at the Archives and in full use. The Canon machine is a giant step up from the hand-crank microfilm readers we had been using. It has, for starters, a very fine lens that allows a sharper focus on the images on microfilm. It also uses a motorized advancement feature so one can look through the film very slowly or very quickly with a simple turn of the control knob. One can read the microfilm on a very clear screen on the machine, zoom in or out, and additionally one can scan the frame being viewed and capture Better Access to Microfilm it as a digital file on the computer. The digital file can then can be printed on a printer in the office or be sent to researchers as an email attachment. The scanner is versatile also in what it reads, both fiche and film rolls, film rolled clockwise or counter clockwise, and both positive and negative film. Let us explain also what the machine does not do. It does not create microfilm; it reads and scans film we already have in the collection. To add to our microfilm collection we would need to send the items for filming to a microfilming service center. The machine does not scan entire rolls en masse so that one could automatically transfer film to digital files. A machine that could do this does exist, but for a much higher price tag. Furthermore, despite the temptation to digitize everything in sight these days, it does not make sense for us to spend our precious resources converting the entire microfilm collection, let alone maintaining two collections of the same thing: analog and digital. But it is very useful that we can choose out pages to convert to digital, when we need that format. The scanner also does not do automatic keyword searches. One still needs to peruse the film for desired information. Microfilm is an analog technology, but a very reliable one. To have the body of our lodge documents in this format gives us full confidence that it will be preserved for one hundred years and longer. Our microfilm collection is mainly of lodge minutes from the beginning of the organization through the middle 1980s, when Lennart Setterdahl traveled the country filming lodge records. With the new Canon Microfilm Scanner, we have better access than ever to these great resources. If you have a question that could be answered by looking in lodge meeting minutes or membership books, feel free to send your request to the Archives (vasaarchives@winco.net). With available records, say from the 1920s, you may get back an email attachment from the minutes in the Recording Secretary’s own hand from ninety years in the past. A picture of the page from the minutes appears on the computer monitor in your home right before your eyes. Svensk Sammanfattning Distriktslogen Lake Michigan #8 bidrog ekonomisk till arkivet så att vi kunde köpa en ny scanner (bildläsare) som vi kan använda till mikrofilmerna, Canon Microfilm Scanner 300 II, detta underlättar arbetet med mikrofilm. Nu kan arkivet bifoga dokument på mikrofilm med e-post som scannern (bildläsaren) omvandlar från analogt till digitalt format. För det mesta har vi loge protokoll och medlemskapsböcker på mikrofilm. Om du har frågor som du kan få svar på genom att titta igenom historiska protokoll, antäckningar eller medlemskapsböcker kan du göra en förfrågan hos arkivet (vasaarchives@winco.net). Om vi hittar det ni söker kan vi bifoga bilder på t ex protokollet med den information ni söker. Submitted by: Lars Jenner, Archivist EVER LIVING JULGRAN DONORS NOVEMBER 2010 Robert Anderson Evald & Barbara Eskilson Lars-Åke & Hillevi Sjöberg DECEMBER 2010 Ossian Carlson Ronald & Deloris Carlson Lars Folkesson Olov G. Gardebring Jake & Marge Gruel Sten & Nancy Hult Brenda L. Johnson Robert & Marion Johnson Gene & Dawn Kiesel Elna G. Lidman Bill & Sheila Lundquist Bishop Hill Lodge Freja Lodge Linnea Lodge Nobel Lodge Kenneth Olson Eric & Carol Swanson Ruth Sutton & Howard Weaver Violet Watson JANUARY 2011 Arthur L. Anderson Charles & Melody Anderson Continued on next page Vasa Star January-March 2011 Page 5
Page 1 and 2: THE VASA STAR Gustaf Fröding 150 V
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Page 7 and 8: LUCIA 2010 LODGE NEWS Brage-Iduna L
Page 9 and 10: Astor Lodge #215 Continued from pag
Page 11 and 12: Solidaritet lodge celebrated its 90
Page 13 and 14: Satellite Lodge #661 Kalamazoo, MI
Page 15 and 16: Birka Lodge #732 Hamilton, MA Lucia
Page 17 and 18: Svea Lodge #253 Continued from page
Page 19 and 20: Skogen Lodge #700 Continued from pa
Page 21 and 22: Logen Eskilstuna Nr 633 Continued f
Page 23 and 24: Logen Tre Hjärtan Nr 665 Continued
Page 25 and 26: YOUTH NEWS Barnklubben Elsa Rix #1
Page 27 and 28: Thoughts around a future youth lodg
Page 29 and 30: CULTURE Gustaf Fröding 150 Sverige
Page 31 and 32: Selma Lagerlöf Continued from page
Page 33 and 34: In Sweden, the Easter celebrations
Page 35 and 36: In Memoriam Till minne av hädangå

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